Re:Vitamin D metabolites and the gut microbiome in older men
by blacksmith_tb on Thursday December 03, 2020 @03:08PM
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My sense is that's right, but it makes it sounds a little too magical. It might be better to say that most of the strains you want to encourage are already present, but a diet with lots of fiber (aka 'prebiotics') will encourage the good strains to outcompete the bad strains. It's a pretty complex balance, there are also phages, and some fungi all mixed up in there.
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Re:Vitamin D metabolites and the gut microbiome in older men
by viburnum on Thursday December 03, 2020 @10:32PM
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It was a long time ago now but I remember reading an article about a researcher who tested his gut biome every day or so and it was amazing how quickly things change depending on what you eat.